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links

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɪŋks/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋks
  • Homophone: lynx

Etymology 1

See link.

Noun

links

  1. plural of link

Verb

links

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of link

Etymology 2

From Scots links (sandy, rolling ground near seashore), linkis, from Old English hlincas (rising grounds, hills).

Noun

links (plural links)

  1. A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
Translations

Anagrams

  • kilns, slink

Danish

Noun

links n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of link
  2. indefinite plural of link
  3. indefinite genitive plural of link

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪŋks/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋks
  • Homophone: lynx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lincs (left, clumsy). Equivalent to link +‎ -s.

Adverb

links

  1. on the left
  2. to the left
Usage notes

When used as a modifier, before a noun, the form linker is used.

Antonyms
  • rechts
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the adverb links.

Adjective

links (comparative linkser, superlative meest links or linkst)

  1. (not comparable) left
    Synonym: linker
    Antonym: rechts
  2. left-wing, leftist, belonging to the ideological left
    Antonym: rechts
  3. (predicatively) left-handed
    Synonym: linkshandig
    Antonym: rechts
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: slinggrid

Etymology 3

From the adverb links.

Noun

links n (uncountable)

  1. The left, the left side or tendency, especially in politics and any ideology.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

links

  1. plural of link

Anagrams

  • slink

German

Alternative forms

  • l., li. (abbreviations)

Etymology

From Middle High German linkes, originally the genitive of linc (modern link); of unknown origin. Cognate with Dutch links.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪŋks/

Adverb

links

  1. on the left
  2. to the left
  3. inside out
    links verbügelniron inside out
    • From Atemschaukel (originally 2009) by Herta Müller:.

Related terms

  • link
    • Linker
    • Linke f
  • linksdonauisch
  • linksdünisch
  • linkselbisch
  • linksdrehend
  • Linkshänder
  • linksmaasisch
  • linksodrisch
  • linksrekursiv
  • linksrheinisch
  • Linksruck
  • linksseitig
  • Linksschwenk
  • Linksverkehr
  • linksweserisch

(political)

  • linksalternativ
  • linksextrem, linksextremistisch
  • Linksfaschismus
  • linkslastig
  • Linkstotalitarismus
  • Linkstum

Further reading

  • “links” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “links” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German links, Dutch links.

Adverb

links

  1. left, to the left

Scots

Etymology

From Old English hlinc (a ridge", "slope", "bank).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪŋks/

Noun

links

  1. Dunes (especially sandy dunes)

References

  • The Dictionary of the Scots language

Spanish

Noun

links m pl

  1. plural of link

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